The Talent Dividend Prize
$1 million for your city.
The Talent Dividend Prize is a $1 million prize to be awarded to the city that exhibits the greatest increase in the number of post secondary degrees granted per one thousand population over a four-year period and achieves its Talent Dividend. This $1 million prize will be used to launch a national promotional campaign centered around talent development for the winning city.
Fifty-seven cities have registered to compete.
CEOs for Cities has identified talent development as fundamental to successful cities. Our research indicates that 58 percent of a city’s success, as measured by per capita income, can be attributed to the percentage of the adult population with a college degree.
Designed as an effort to increase education attainment in our nation's cities, the prize will be awarded to the metropolitan area that exhibits the greatest increase in the number of post secondary degrees granted per one thousand population over a four-year period and achieves its Talent Dividend.
The $1 million will be used to launch a national promotional campaign for the winning city. The prize will showcase local talent development at the national level as the thing great cities do.